CHESTER. Philadelphia Union prevails over New England 3-1. Philadelphia Union was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with Dániel Gazdag (19′), Mikael Uhre (26′) and Nathan Harriel (37′). New England reduced the distance with a goal (68′) by Gustavo Bou, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Subaru Park stadium in Chester on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Pierre Luce Lauziere with the assistance of Nick Uranga and Oscar Mitchell Carvalho. The 4th official was Marcos de Oliveira. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.91 degrees Celsius or 66.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Philadelphia Union was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. New England that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Philadelphia Union was more pushing with 47 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Philadelphia Union won the match​.

Philadelphia Union shot 18 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, New England shot 14 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Philadelphia Union received 1 yellow card (José Martínez). Regarding the opposition, New England received 4 yellow cards (Tomás Chancalay, Giacomo Vrioni, Bobby Wood and Andrew Farrell).

Standings

After playing this contest, Philadelphia Union will have 55 points like New England to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, New England will stay with 55 points like Philadelphia Union to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

Philadelphia Union – Formation

Philadelphia Union started with a 4-1-2-1-2 line-up (4-1-2-1-2).

The manager Jim Curtin decided to play with the following team: Andre Blake (7.7), Nathan Harriel (7.5), Damion Lowe (7.7), Jack Elliott (7.0), Kai Wagner (7.3), Alejandro Bedoya (6.4), José Martínez (7.7), Jack McGlynn (7.1), Dániel Gazdag (7.3), Mikael Uhre (7.5) and Julián Carranza (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Matthew Real, Joe Bendik, Jeremy Rafanello, Olivier Mbaizo, Joaquín Torres, Jesus Bueno, Chris Donovan (6.7), Leon Flach (6.4) and Quinn Sullivan (7.0).

Philadelphia Union could not rely on the presence of Quinn Sullivan (injured).

Substitutions

Philadelphia Union made 3 changes: Julián Carranza for Quinn Sullivan (62′), Mikael Uhre for Chris Donovan (77′) and Jack McGlynn for Leon Flach (77′).

Best player: José Martínez​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Philadelphia Union was José Martínez even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 60 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

New England – Formation

New England started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Clint Peay played with: Jacob Jackson (5.7), DeJuan Jones (6.3), Andrew Farrell (6.8), Dave Romney (6.6), Ryan Spaulding (6.4), Noel Buck (7.3), Matt Polster (6.8), Mark-Anthony Kaye (6.4), Carles Gil (6.7), Gustavo Bou (8.1) and Tomás Chancalay (7.0).

They had on the bench: Omar González, Henry Kessler, Christian Makoun (6.4), Giacomo Vrioni (7.0), Bobby Wood (6.7), Emmanuel Boateng (7.1), Nacho Gil (6.4), Tommy McNamara and Earl Edwards Jr..

New England could not rely on the presence of Bobby Wood (injured) and Christian Makoun (injured).

Substitutions

New England made 5 changes: Mark-Anthony Kaye for Giacomo Vrioni (46′), Carles Gil for Bobby Wood (23′), Noel Buck for Emmanuel Boateng (75′), Tomás Chancalay for Nacho Gil (75′) and Ryan Spaulding for Christian Makoun (83′).

Best player: Gustavo Bou​

The player that probably impressed the most for New England was Gustavo Bou.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 34 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 9 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Philadelphia Union – New England – 3-1